Our Relationship I am seldom considered, though I do more to influence everything about you than virtually any one thing in your life.

I often control the time you get up in the morning,the time you go to sleep,what you eat and drink,and the very thoughtthat runs through your head.

I can make youeither happy or sad,loving or hateful,cheerful or remorseful,congenial or spiteful;and in doing so,control the very capacity that you havefor success.

Remorse, that feeling humans have when they have caused hurt or harm; an antiquated idea based on a vanishing belief that we own our actions and are responsible for their consequences.

No,you don’t often think of me.Instead you blame the problem I createon the shortcoming of others,or the state of the economy,or your family,or a million other reasons.

Often,at times when you unableto find anyone else to blame,you look for shortcomingswithin yourself on whichto lay the blame.

Looking within is usually a last resort. Perhaps that “antiquated” feeling is not as extinct as it may seem, for even while you try to blithely ignore or outrun accepting responsibility, you cannot escape the feelings that were generated.Those will resonate incessantly in your mind.

When my impact on your life fully is considered in your every thought and action, when you are mindfulof my awesome power,and groom mefor positive usein your life,

I can become more contagiousthan the most prolific diseaseever witnessed by man.

My influence will spreadto every personyou come in contact with.

Groomed and nurtured in a positive manner,there will be no person or obstaclethat can stand in the wayof my success- or fail to be impactedfor the better.

I Am Your Attitude1

Your life at any time can become difficult.Your life at any time can become easy.It all depends uponhow youadjust yourself to life.

So try to see the good in every situation.(it isn’t always denial to do so)

You cannot always control your circumstances.But you can control your own thoughts.

Things seem to turn out bestfor those peoplewho can makethe bestout of the way things turn out.

It's not the situation,It's your reaction to the situation.

The reality of your lifemay result from many outside factors,none of which you can control.

Your attitude,however,reflects the ways in which you elevatewhat is happening to you.

What has happened to you,good or bad,only your thinking makes it so. 2

The longer I live,the more I realizethe impact of attitude on life.

It is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failures, than successes, than what other people think or say or do.

appearance, giftednessor skill.

The remarkable thing is –We have a choice in everyday of our livesregarding the attitude we embrace for that day.

We cannot change our past. We cannot change the factthat people will act in a certain way.

We cannot change the inevitable.

The only thing we can dois play on the one thing we do haveand that is our attitude.

I'm convincedthat life is 10%what happens to me,and 90%how I react to it.

And, so it is with you.

We are in charge ofand responsible for,our attitudes. 3

In a world where taking ownership of one’s attitude, and responsibility for one’s actions no longer applies, is a world where “no”, no longer means no -for then everything,and anything goes;and we will have lost the essenceof our selfhood and humaneness.

Most people are other people.Their thoughts are someone else's opinions,their lives a mimicry,their passions a quotation. 4

“If it feels good, and it hurts no one; do it”; is life’s rule most people follow when they say they want to be happy, enjoy life, and have fun; logically they would make the corresponding decisions. Reasonably then, they will be happy, look happy, act happy - smile and laugh a lot – many do.Yet many more don’t -who is it they’re kidding the most?